You may often hear German abbreviations in connection with studIT and our service locations. In the following you can find an explanation of the most common German abbreviations and their English equivalent:

• CKS stands for “Chipkartenstelle” which is the (chip card issue point) in the main lecture hall building.
• GWDG stands for “Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Göttingen” which means a corporate facility which serves the purpose of a data processing service center for the University of Göttingen.
• LRC stands for learning resources center.
• LRC Med stands for “Learning Resources Center Medizin” which means the LRC in the department library of the University Medical School (Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen). The LRC Med is identical with LRC UMG.
• LRC SUB stands for “Learning Resources Center Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen” which means the LRC in the Göttingen State and University Library on the campus.
• SUB stands for “Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen” which means Göttingen State and University Library, that is to say the main library on the campus.
• UMG stands for “Universitätsmedizin Göttingen” which is the University Medical School of Göttingen.

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